Interesting Facts About catfish

 

• A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds

• Catfish are raised in freshwater ponds of only four to six feet deep.

• Farm-raised catfish are taught to eat feed pellets that float on the water surface. Catfish are bottom-feeding wild.

• A catfish can put up to 4,000 eggs a year per pound of body weight.

• Small catfish are called "fry" as they still live on food supplied by the yolk sac.

• When the catfish reach 4 inches long are called "fry" (the size of an index finger).

• The catfish are harvested in the nets when they weigh about one to one and a half pounds.

• About 95% of farm-raised catfish in the nation stands in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana.

• Catfish is now the fifth most popular fish in America.

• Catfish is available throughout the year.

• More than 447 million pounds of catfish were produced in 1995.